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Show EDUCATE THE FARM BOYS. Tho lnter-Mountnln Tarmer and Itaiichinan stands for the elevation of the producing classes nnd for tho betterment bet-terment of nil conditions nffictlng the lives and achievements ot those who til! the roll As u fundamental and tin-soluttly tin-soluttly esscntlnl rfeiulremcnt for a perfectly per-fectly eiulpped liusb-indmin we Invo Ptrslstently held that an Intimate knowledge of the rclcntlfle principles nf agriculture should be acquired Not onl) shout 1 there he praetknl training but also a study of the abstract science a lomblnitlon of tho 'know how' with the know vvh) ' That wo nre not alone In this demand foi better school facilities for the farmer farm-er boys Is clear!) shown by the following follow-ing from an ol 1 an 1 experienced tench-ti tench-ti in the schools of Ohio The triilhi expiessed by the teacher nrn even more applicable to 1't.tli than to Ohio for In no other country do the con lltlona call o emphntkall) for silentlllo fat tiling til-ing The Ohio educator bu. nJi"'."n" " to leave the farm . n,Sr a ,,,"1ess or irofesshuial en. reer will reuellly s the necessity of - higher i.lue all ni but the toy who Is In le i farmer will nnt .re so riii.HI tho a Ivantiigis nf ,. inlned mind In tb. solu-i.?" solu-i.?" .".' .';"",', l,"ol"ins jhls Is prnbibl. due to th, ,e,a 8n prevalent In tin ivnst among fanners that there luti t any dlf- fnihH, """"" 4 '"""" Uml "" I here Is no i tilling thi' needs eiluiiited which Hit, etliiintid n m ilu mnro J?"! r'"r lJ"n',,lf ,',n" ' ' "nnm.m" J hun running nn I no will prove of higher eiiltiira 1 value. I. the work on lit farm-Intelligent!, ,l..Me The intm. iliirtlon of lomplleiitetl machine s has mini. II lucessiir) for the farmer to understand heir principles and c instruction lh ni"....,1,1'!,1 "."' ",'dmal n production ant gri wtli the ehemltnl composition ami vitlilt of fee mil best lntithn,t of tra-In tra-In I set ure it sir d re.ults the chiirae. I.r . nl eeiniiosltlt-.il of soils tiii.t crops the dim rent inethnts of crop culture made nittsstir) b v irvIng culture an I vurvlng comlltlcilis of soil iiihI weather the milltl-tu milltl-tu le. f tcls Unit tlestr.iv or Is unit his grains mil em nurds and the ilinuuanil nn I me othr intricate qui attorn thit tome to the furmcr of loilae can le answered unle bs the trnlnM mined It re-oulres as uiuVh Irakis of a imoil etinllt ns good nn edu union nn. tin ninth of It to manage a faun for th riv or forte eur raise goo crot and the n kievo the soil mre firlllti jinl prod it iv. linn oiuimeiu a. Il ,!o. to guesa whtl'i r e patient has npinr.-ll ','" '"V.,h. ,'". """'," . ,u l"hl whether line or Doe la It. pi) tb.. coita In the care lo simulate on the gmtalogv of Adam or event i isa th. Stut. examinations Ilu fanners eir tin future mutt le and will be us will ..tlueitwl ns the men nf ' i"lnf """ " "me is .onilng when It will I., ss unusual for the voung I"fc'?rirl,i.lH " ,,''"ll"" of the common school or.l) u II It ,n for the tiling in., h,r in 1 1 Thro.iRii ti. agricultural 'Th"; '" f1lrm"," Institute and various ih.r iigtiiel.a the furnicrs or the Hlute nr. . eiirng n selfiitliu clucallon aulas 1 !" V "".;e ognlxa thu vim help their e h ols might be 1 1 them we miv ex j it tli ru al schools elementnr) nnd fime i1" "" K ,l,aipcal to the I'crhi It'w.ulll uiinls to Intrndilt new brintli s of stu I) for till iuipe 1 but the subjects now taught could be made to lit much more close i than they do thn environment of the countrv child Th. sclent t work In our high schools Ml lage ns well ns townahtp could be so rer-rangetl rer-rangetl as to bo of more practlcil value to the farmer's son without losing a par-tick par-tick of its talon for the town bo , It scims to me that this ciuestlon Is of sufficient Importance tn merit our attention atten-tion loth for the Intluen e we ml) exert upon the eountr) schools near us ami for the benefits our schools will derive from the presence nf eiarnest bos and girls from ru-cl homes IMien the rural schools tench ns they should the dignity of farm labor, when they give to tho country bos and girls correct Ideas of the necesslt) of trained minds In terform thit labor properly and when they Inspire them with the beaut) and Jo the health and freedom of life on the. fatm Ihe brlghtet voung people In thn land will remnln In the country, and tho farmers of the mate will take tho Ikieo which they enmht to have token long ngo nt the hea.l of the proceg-n. |